Diphoterine® Solution is an aqueous, polyvalent, washing solution that is highly effective against all kinds of corrosive and irritant chemicals.

Diphoterine® Solution is an amphoteric, chelating molecule with at least one site able to rapidly and effectively absorb and neutralise the aggressive chemical molecule to prevent the 6 possible reactions (acids, bases, oxidizers, reducing agents, solvents, chelating agents)

Diphotérine® Solution attracts the
chemical product in contact with the tissue

The acid site of Diphotérine® Solution
fixes and then inactivates the bases

The basic site of Diphotérine® Solution fixes and then inactivates the acid.

Diphoterine® Solution is hypertonic which, when applied to the eye or the skin, creates an osmotic pressure that attracts the aggressive chemical that may have already penetrated into the tissue, neutralises its aggressive action and carries it safely away.

It is by the combination of these properties that Diphoterine® Solution is uniquely able to achieve the three elements demanded for effective Emergency First Aid of a chemical splash:

Removal of chemical from the surface of the tissue.

Absorptionn and neutralisation of the aggressive chemical molecule remaining on the tissue surface.

Attraction, absorption and neutralisation of the aggressive chemical molecule already penetrating the tissue.

Recent comparative studies have shown the possibility of improving on washing with water – see Figure 1.

Figure 1

WATER

Diphoterine® Solution Solution

Advantages

Limitations

Advantages

Limitations

Chemical agent at the surface of the affected tissues carried
away by the mechanical washing action

Chemical
agent at the surface of the affected tissues carried away by the mechanical
washing action

Dilution

Dilution

Polyvalent

Polyvalent

Polyvalent:

Theoretical effectiveness proven on major chemical groups

Should be verified case by case for specific chemical agents

Hypotonic:

Hypertonic:

Favours a part of the chemical agent’s penetration into the
tissue, especially in eyes

Stops the
chemical agent’s penetration of the tissue and carries the chemical away from
the interiorto the exterior of
the tissue

No
action on corrosives or irritants

“Neutralizing”
action on the potentially irritating or corrosive nature of the chemical
agent

Development of the chemical burn

Stops the
development of the burn

Amphoteric:

Allows a rapid return to a physiological pH

Intervention
time: the first 10seconds

Intervention
time: the first minute

Possibility of serious physical after-effects,
which may even be fatal